Every day, Jake Gillett drives more than 100 miles round trip from Carver to West Roxbury just to go to school, but he said it's all worth the trip.

Every day, Jake Gillett drives more than 100 miles round trip from Carver to West Roxbury just to go to school, but he said it's all worth the trip.

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Updated: 5:58 PM EST Feb 26, 2015

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WEBVTT TALK ABOUT A COMMUTE. EVERY DAY JAKE GILLETTE DRIVES MORE THAN 100 MILES ROUND TRIP FROM CARVER TO WEST RED SOX BURR RED RED ROXBURY JUST TO GET TO SCHOOL JAKE GILLETTE. IT IS MORNING BUT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A LONGLINE GET UP AT 4:20 AND GET READY AND WE LEAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET HERE EXTRA EARLY. I TRY TO BEAT AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS I CAN. JAKE AND HIS BROTHER JARRED DRIVE FROM CARVER TO C.M. IN WEST ROXBURY WHERE HE HELPS PRODUCE THE MORNING NEWS. I JOINED THE CMTV PROGRAM AND IT IS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO COULD FOR A CAREER. HE IS A GENUINE KID. WORKER AND CARES ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. AND THAT INCLUDES YEARS PLAYING FOOTBALL FROM CARVER TO CM. HE IS DRIVE TON SUCCEED BACKED BY HIS BROTHER AND HIS DAD. THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED FOREVER 12 YEARS GUY THIS MONTH. SINCE MY MOM PASSED AWAY FROM THE RISE FIRE IT HAS BEEN US THREE. AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED HIS GRANDMOTHER CHIPPED IN TO HELP RAISE HIM. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES. I HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SNOW GLOBE THAT WE MADE. MY DAD WILL HAVE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT AND I WILL KIND OF REMEMBER BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MANY MEMORIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS JUST WHAT YOUR MIND DOES. SHE WOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT JAKE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND RECENTLY HE GOT THE E-MAIL HE WAS WAITING FOR. ACCEPTANCE TO EMERSON. I WAS TIRED. LOOKING THROUGH ONE EYE LIKE CONGRATULATIONS -- WHAT! LIKE SCORING A TOUCHDOWN. JUST DO A GRONK SPIKE AND PICK UP MY PHONE THIS IS AWESOME. AND WHILE HE IS ON HIS WAY TO PURSUING HIS DREAM AS A DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER HE WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF CATHOLIC MEMORIAL. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HE IS A PART OF IT. HE BUYS INTO WHO WE ARE AND REPRESENTS IT GREAT. DOING GOOD IS KIND OF OUR MOTTO. WHATEVER IT IS THAT I END UP DOING FINE I DON'T KNOW PARTICULARLY C.M., THEY WILL SEE THAT. AND THAT IS WHY JAKE GILLETTE

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Every day, Jake Gillett drives more than 100 miles round trip from Carver to West Roxbury just to go to school, but he said it's all worth the trip.